HALFORD, PAINMUSEUM guitarist METAL MIKE CHLASCIAK has posted the newest installment of his Guitar World blog which features his Free Guitar Tips.

In the new entry Chlasciak took on sharing essential tips on choosing proper guitar and speaker cables for live and studio applications. An excerpt is below:

"For guitar players, quality cables are often overlooked. We are always looking to buy the best guitar, the best amp and the best-sounding pedals we can afford. Then, once we got $3K invested in our gear, we go out and connect everything with cheap guitar cables.

The truth is, guitar and speaker cables matter -- a lot."

You can preview the rest of Mike's 'Shut Your Hole - The Truth - And Only The Truth - About Guitar Cables' here.

Guitar World and Agile Partners have just released a new Lick Of The Day pack. In this new release packed with different stylistic features, you will also find Classic Metal Essentials, a tour the force of metal instruction, which was written and performed by Chlasciak.

Classic Metal Essentials offers awesome lessons touching up on the styles from several British and American metal acts including JUDAS PRIEST, MEGADETH, METALLICA, SLAYER and PANTERA. Just a few of the included techniques are thrash style power rhythms, sweep picking, palm muting, fast alternate picking and a lot more.

“I am happy to share that the Classic Metal Essentials pack has been released. I have released several guitar instructional books in the past, but to venture out and present an extended video content of metal guitar playing has always been one of things to do. I hope that players world wide will get some killer ideas from it,” commented Mike.

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Metal Mike recently revealed the song titles for his upcoming solo album, The Metalworker:

'On Leather Wings'

'Don’t Shoot The Crown'

'Silence Of The Steel'

'Tonight We Ride'

'We Are The Cross'

'This Is War'

'M Is For Metal'

'Hell No'

'Weight Of The Heart'

The Metalworker features several instrumental tracks along Mike’s collaboration with vocal siren Carlos Zema, known for his previous work with Texas underground heroes OUTWORLD.

The album additionally features Kevin Talley (DAATH, CHIMAIRA, HATE ETERNAL) on drums and Mike LePond (SYMPHONY X) on bass.

“I am psyched that The Metalworker is nearing its release. It is a focused, no apologies heavy metal record that features plowing riffs, soaring vocals and wicked double bass for days. Both Kevin and Mike killed it and I’m also very happy to have Carlos on vocals. I’m telling you this guy is a serious powerhouse vocal talent”, commented Mike.

Produced by Metal Mike, The Metalworker has been mixed by Orlando Villasenor at Dead Room Studio in San Antonio, TX. Cover art has been provided by DarkMouth Design.